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Title: SAUCHIEHALL STREET ROOF TOPS

Reference number: 0712

Date: 1956*

Director: [filmed by Louise Annand]

Sound: silent

Original format: 16mm

Colour: bw

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 3.51 mins

Description: Shots of the exteriors of Glasgow buildings including the Glasgow School of Art, McLellan Galleries, Treron's department store and the La Scala Cinema in Sauchiehall Street.

Shotlist: No credits. Various shots of ext. and top of Charing Cross Mansions in Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow. Facade of the Newscine. More shots of Charing Cross Mansions and the facade of the Newscine and Locarno (2.06) hutch windows and gables with Glasgow School of Art behind. Various shots of the Ross Medallion on stone facade of building. Shot of Glasgow School of Art from Sauchiehall Street and the facade of Treron's department store and ext. of the McLellan Galleries. Shot across tram cable to corner opposite. c/u hanging clock. Shot of the top corner of the La Scala. Across to facade opposite and ext. of the Gaumont Cinema? (3.34) neon sign reading "The home of Mr. and Mrs. Everyman" (3.40) ext. of the Mayfair Salon Coiffeur. Tram passes in front (3.51)